By Juan dela Cruz: All boxing fans around the globe were on the edge of their seats when talks about possible Pac-Money fight started to circulate among sports enthusiasts. They were very eager to see who the real pound for pound king is.
The fight could be the biggest ever had it come into fruition. But unfortunately, the fight is still a dream.
Even during the first negotiation, there were already signs that the fight isn’t going to happen. Some people privy to the Mayweathers also mentioned that “some fights are not meant to happen”. That alone was already a hint, but nobody paid attention as they were preoccupied with the exchanges of debates and discussions between and among the boxing fans, fighters, experts, and sports analysts. But the most telling signs are those of Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s actions. It was clear even before that Floyd doesn’t want the fight for one reason or another.
Firstly, why would Floyd demand random blood testing to level the playing field to someone he branded as “one-dimensional, amateurish, no defense midget whom he can easily ass-whoop juice or no juice and only good at beating washed up, has been and old fighters”? After 40 something fights, he would suddenly demand random blood testing on Pacquiao. His reasons? He wanted to clean the sports and he wanted a level playing field. So be it. It was such a nice endeavor but hey, cleaning the sport doesn’t stop with only two fights or so. And you don’t say “I want to clean the sports!” then suddenly gone into hiding. It will take a lot of effort, and Floyd’s status as a sportsman could help a lot in this noble endeavor. But unfortunately, it was not Floyd’s real intention. It was just a smokescreen to hide his evasion technique. How about level the playing field? Level the playing field against somebody who is “one-dimensional, amateurish, no defense midget whom he can easily ass-whoop juice or no juice”? I’ll leave that to the readers to think for themselves, all they have to do is use their common sense and they will knew the reason behind such demand for random blood testing.
It was also highly questionable why would Floyd always come out in the open and challenge Manny whenever Pac has a signed contract or whenever he is not available. But whenever Pacquiao is free, Floyd will suddenly go into hiding and will even say “he’s on vacation” or he “doesn’t have the urge in boxing”. This clearly showed that Floyd doesn’t want the fight. Even before the Margarito fight, Manny stated that he “agreed to everything” and that Arum sent Floyd the contract. Here, Floyd had two contradicting answers. First, he said he signed the contract and he thought that he already had the fight but he didn’t know what happened why the fight didn’t push through. When asked to show the contract, Floyd can not show any. On his second answer, Floyd denied the negotiation took place, and you all know the rest of it. (Hint: how can you sign a contract when there was no negotiation that took place?) Floyd was even using the lawsuit to stall the fight. He said he can’t fight while there’s the suit. If he was able to fight Ortiz while there’s a suit, then why not Manny? People also don’t understand why Floyd opted to have, as according to him, a risky fight (Ortiz) for less (40M dollars) instead of an easy fight (Manny) for more (50M dollars). I just don’t understand his logic.
Another sign that Floyd doesn’t want the fight was when he demanded 100 million dollar purse. Floyd fans defended Floyd by saying it was a four-fight deal with Don King. (That means 25M per fight, a far cry from 40M he bragged he’s earning per fight without Don King!) But it was actually different. The 100M dollar demand was made by Floyd when Jeff Mayweather, Nelson Mandela’s son, and another from Dubai tried to negotiate the fight with Manny. It was obvious here that the fight won’t happen with that demand. Floyd still made other ridiculous demands just to stall the fight. He wanted the USADA to administer the random blood test and that Manny should train in the US despite USADA’s statement that the test can be administered in the Philippines through WADA-accredited testing agency. It was the first in history that a fighter demanded where an opponent should train. After Pacquiao’s dismal performance against Juan Manuel Marquez last November 2011, Floyd’s camp stated that he is already available against the “little fella” on May 5, 2011 at MGM Grand. But much to the dismay of many boxing fans, Floyd denied he is fighting Pacquiao and that he doesn’t know about the negotiation and that he “doesn’t even knew he was fighting Manny”. As it turned out, the little fella Ellerbe was referring to actually was Erik Morales who admitted that he was offered the fight.
Lately, Manny and Arum said randon blood testing is no longer a problem, but Floyd is trying to bring an old issue which had been resolved before to try to avoid the fight, and that was the purse split. But really wanting the fight to happen, Manny preempted Floyd’s move by agreeing for a lesser purse which move the ball back to Floyd’s court. And when the whole world was waiting for Floyd’s answer, suddenly, big news came about Floyd’s going to jail. And I smell something here.
I think Floyd’s legal team probably team knew all along that their defense won’t hold ground, and in order to avoid 35 years of jail sentence, knowing the prosecution had a strong case against Floyd, they advise Floyd to cop a guilty plea for lesser penalty which he did. As a result, Floyd will just be staying in jail for 90 days and some community service and a few thousand dollars penalty.
It is questionable why would Floyd set the MGM Grand on May 5 for a Pac fight (if indeed Manny is the little fella they were referring to) knowing he will be not able to prepare for the fight due to his jail time. Well, it was simply because Floyd was again trying to make himself looked good and hide his fear of loosing to Pacman. He again fooled his fans by making them believe that he really wanted the fight, but the truth is, all of Floyd’s actions showed he never ever wanted the fight. Will Floyd fight Manny after jail time? The answer is a big NO. Floyd will make another demand or excuse, that’s for sure. He simply doesn’t want the fight.
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